JANUARY 22, 1963 -- Gov. George Wallace vowed to return the U.S.S. Alabama from Bremerton, Wash. and place it at the center of the a permanent, public shrine in Mobile.

Speaking to the Downtown Action Committee, Birmingham public safety commissioner and mayoral candidate Eugene "Bull" Connor said he was running to ensure "the preservation of our schools from the Washington blight."

The Élysée Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Friendship, was signed, sealing the reconciliation between Germany and France.

In Washington D.C., officials from the United States, England and the Soviet Union met to forge a nuclear test ban treaty.